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Wireless Sensor Networks

Deployments and Design Frameworks

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Editors:
  1. Elena Gaura

    1. Fac. Engineering & Computing, Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

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  2. Michael Allen

    1. Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and, Singapore, Singapore

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  3. Lewis Girod

    1. Computer Science &, Artificial Intelligence Lab. (CSAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

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  4. James Brusey

    1. Fac. Engineering & Computing, Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

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  5. Geoffrey Challen

    1. , School of Engineering and Applied Scienc, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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  • Brings together successful Wireless Sensor Networks deployments within a generic design/development framework Provides a design framework for rapid development of Wireless Network Systems that is easy to understand and apply Provides practical hints and guides to available technology choices in a structured manner Provides formal routes to rapid design and deployment and evaluation of Wireless Sensor Network applications

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Wireless Sensor Networks Design for Deployment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Elena Gaura, Michael Allen, Lewis Girod, James Brusey, Geoffrey Challen
      Pages 3-14

    3. Learning from Deployment Experience

      • Elena Gaura, Michael Allen, Lewis Girod, Geoffrey Challen, James Brusey
      Pages 15-50

    4. Designing for Deployment

      • Michael Allen, Geoffrey Challen, James Brusey, Lewis Girod, Elena Gaura
      Pages 51-67

  3. Wireless Sensor Network Applications Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Volcano Monitoring: Addressing Data Quality Through Iterative Deployment

      • Geoffrey Challen, Matt Welsh
      Pages 71-113

    3. VoxNet: Reducing Latency in High Data Rate Applications

      • Michael Allen
      Pages 115-158

    4. Failure Is Inevitable: The Trade-off Between Missing Data and Maintenance

      • Thomas Schoellhammer
      Pages 159-192

    5. Cane Toad Monitoring: Data Reduction in a High Rate Application

      • Wen Hu, Nirupama Bulusu, Thanh Dang, Andrew Taylor, Chun Tung Chou, Sanjay Jha et al.
      Pages 193-222

    6. ExScal: Dealing with Scale

      • Vinayak Naik, Anish Arora
      Pages 223-244

    7. Glacier Monitoring: Deploying Custom Hardware in Harsh Environments

      • Kirk Martinez, Jane K. Hart
      Pages 245-258

    8. Adding the Human Element: Experience with a Wireless Patient Monitoring System

      • Dorothy Curtis, Esteban Pino, Thomas Stair, Lucila Ohno-Machado
      Pages 259-277

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 279-290
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About this book

The twentieth century ended with the vision of smart dust: a network of wirelessly connected devices whose size would match that of a dust particle, each one a se- containedpackageequippedwithsensing,computation,communication,andpower. Smart dust held the promise to bridge the physical and digital worlds in the most unobtrusive manner, blending together realms that were previously considered well separated. Applications involved scattering hundreds, or even thousands, of smart dust devices to monitor various environmental quantities in scenarios ranging from habitat monitoring to disaster management. The devices were envisioned to se- organize to accomplish their task in the most ef?cient way. As such, smart dust would become a powerful tool, assisting the daily activities of scientists and en- neers in a wide range of disparate disciplines. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs), as we know them today, are the most no- worthy attempt at implementing the smart dust vision. In the last decade, this ?eld has seen a fast-growing investment from both academia and industry. Signi?cant ?nancial resources and manpower have gone into making the smart dust vision a reality through WSNs. Yet, we still cannot claim complete success. At present, only specialist computerscientists or computerengineershave the necessary background to walk the road from conception to a ?nal, deployed, and running WSN system.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Fac. Engineering & Computing, Cogent Computing Applied Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Elena Gaura, James Brusey

  • Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and, Singapore, Singapore

    Michael Allen

  • Computer Science &, Artificial Intelligence Lab. (CSAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    Lewis Girod

  • , School of Engineering and Applied Scienc, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Geoffrey Challen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Book Subtitle: Deployments and Design Frameworks

  • Editors: Elena Gaura, Michael Allen, Lewis Girod, James Brusey, Geoffrey Challen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5834-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-5833-4Published: 23 September 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9058-7Published: 21 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-5834-1Published: 14 September 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 290

  • Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks, Signal, Image and Speech Processing, Computer Communication Networks

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